If I could change one rule, it would be....

[Cobra]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Not at all. When someone says, "hey ref!" or refer to "the refs," at least they would be correct.

Ref is short for referee. The other officials would have to be called assistant refs to be correct.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Heck, Arbiter uses R1, R2, and R3

The arbiter uses whatever the administrator wants it is use.

Originally Posted by bainsey

For me, it just doesn't make sense that we're continuing to use a term that is rarely used or understood outside our circle, particularly if there's a clearer alternative.

So I guess all the people who never knew that there was a referee and an umpire are now going to know that there is a referee and an assistant referee? Seems like if they didn't know what the officials were called before they aren't going to magically just figure it out now.

Actually it is commonly understood that the lead official is called the referee and the others are called something else as it is common to many sports such as: Basketball, football, rugby, soccer, hockey, sumo wrestling...